“I’m impressed with the speed that they’re moving,” said Ricardo Miranda, as he and his wife Melissa drove through their levelled neighborhood for a look at progress. “I think it’s pretty well organized the way they’re running down the street and just cleaning up.”
While she’s wanted the site cleared to move on, it was another emotional moment in four months that have been full of them. “The first week was really kind of striking that delicate balance and I think we’ve done that. And now we’re up to 20 crews. Next week we’ll be up to 30.”“We don’t want to overwhelm the transportation network,” said Maxwell. “We also have to be cognizant of those people doing this privately outside of this program and make sure that we’re not interfering with their contractors.”
“We’ll get more efficient. That is what the contractors assure us they can get it done in that amount of time.”“Winds could definitely delay us. Weather could delay us. Yeah there’s all things that could come up but we’re pretty optimistic that four months is a realistic time frame.” “It’s been really neat to see the community come together,” she said. “I want my garden back. I always had lots of flowers for the neighbors and they came in in the summer.”
“We have utility companies coming in and they’re going to have to simultaneously start the process of reinstalling those lines as part of the rebuilding process.”